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the physical or mental power to do something
as a result of the accident the once-vigorous athlete lost the ability to walk
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Recent Examples of abilities
Many are discouraged by a lack of confidence in their abilities, limited exposure to what the field actually involves, and little awareness of the range of careers cybersecurity offers.
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Tarika Barrett, Fortune, 29 May 2026
Classes are accessible to all levels and abilities.
—Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
Ready to move forward with confidence in your goals and abilities?
—Usa Today, USA Today, 29 May 2026
On one hand, those abilities created the propensity to chase pitches outside of the zone.
—Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 28 May 2026
Furthermore, patients' thinking and cognitive abilities remained largely unchanged, even as the rest of their symptoms eased.
—Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Both Ali and Shaikh praised Nanjiani for his improv abilities, particularly in a court room scene opposite Andrew Rannells, who plays a hard-charging DA running for mayor.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 28 May 2026
The in-house Colts Swim School also offers swim classes to children, 3 to 12, of all abilities.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
With stories focused on surviving rowdy family, moments of loneliness, struggles with faith, and navigating our deepest human relationships, Johnson’s abilities as a pensive storyteller are conducted masterfully.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2026
Tarika Barrett, Fortune, 29 May 2026
Classes are accessible to all levels and abilities.
—Ramona Sentinel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
Ready to move forward with confidence in your goals and abilities?
—Usa Today, USA Today, 29 May 2026
On one hand, those abilities created the propensity to chase pitches outside of the zone.
—Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 28 May 2026
Furthermore, patients' thinking and cognitive abilities remained largely unchanged, even as the rest of their symptoms eased.
—Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Both Ali and Shaikh praised Nanjiani for his improv abilities, particularly in a court room scene opposite Andrew Rannells, who plays a hard-charging DA running for mayor.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 28 May 2026
The in-house Colts Swim School also offers swim classes to children, 3 to 12, of all abilities.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
With stories focused on surviving rowdy family, moments of loneliness, struggles with faith, and navigating our deepest human relationships, Johnson’s abilities as a pensive storyteller are conducted masterfully.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abilities
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The 2026 Tesla Model Y base trim and 2027 Chevy Bolt deliver premium self-driving capabilities at prices that many car buyers can actually afford.—
Brooke Crothers,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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These capabilities allow the system to integrate into wearable health monitors and human-machine interfaces without requiring a battery.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
24 May 2026
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Each of those three have worked with luxury brands in various capacities.—
Sara Germano,
Sportico.com,
24 May 2026
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Instead, the aim would be to take measures to assess where AI is low on mental health capacities and shore it up overall.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
Noun
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Winning the Grand Slam requires a broad set of skills from both rider and horse.—
Danielle Rossingh,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Inside one classroom, dozens of teenage girls sit listening to instructors explain emergency survival skills.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
26 May 2026
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The resulting picture, now known as Harlem 1958, became legendary for collecting some of the genre’s greatest talents, stretching from the swing era (Count Basie, Gene Krupa) to the peaks of bebop (Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie).—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2026
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Inga Bielińska is an MCC ICF coach who helps clients leverage their talents and expertise to become effective leaders.—
Inga Bielińska,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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Your intuitive faculties are on point today as the sun coordinates with Neptune.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
24 May 2026
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The researchers also announced a contest with a $200,000 prize pool on the popular machine learning competition site Kaggle for outside researchers to help build evaluations for the five cognitive faculties where existing benchmark tests are weakest.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
30 Mar. 2026
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For this class, the premise is that your purpose in life lies to the intersection of your values, your aptitudes and your interests.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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This model reflects Japan’s long-standing corporate culture, which prioritizes new hires for their general potential—their aptitudes and aspirations, as opposed to their current skill sets or university majors—and then trains them on the job.—
GRACIA LIU-FARRER,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Nov. 2025
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Not a set of competencies checked against a rubric.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2026
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Of all the competencies required for the role, political affiliation or experience as a television commentator are not high on his list.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
2 May 2026
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“Abilities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abilities. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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